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NATHAN BECKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DRAIN PLUG.

Application filed March 19, 1921.

T (ZZZ w hom it may concern Be it known that l, NA'lI-IAN Brenna, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Bronx,city of New York, county of Bronx, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful linprovcments in Drain-Plugs, or which thei'ollowing is a specification.

lily invention relates to drain plugs {or use in stopping the drainoutlets of wash basins, wash tubs and the like.

According my invention, the plug is molded from rubber composition andis pro vided with an upwardly extending knob, comprising an enlargedhead and a neck portion connecting the head with the body or the plug;and the chain is secured to the plug by passing the head of the knobthrough the ring on the end of the chain.

Tn the accompanying dra Figure 1 is a vertical cross-sectional vie Y ofone form oi device embodying my invention. ig. 2. is a similar view of ainodiiicatioinand Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a plug with a chain inplace thereon.

The body of the plug is oi: any prctel-red form, and is preferablyprovided with a recess 11 on its under side to save material and to makethe plug conform more readily to the drain opening, but such recess maybe dispensed with, if desired.

The knob 12' is preferably molded integrally with body 10 and comprisesthe relatively narrow neck 13 and the relatively enlarged head 1 Theknob may solid, as in Fig. l, or may be hollow, having the recess 15therein as shown in Fig. 2. Recess 15 may be of various forms other thanas shown.

The Chilll ring 16 is secured to the plug by passing it i'orcibly overthe head 14: oi knob 12, which is compressed in putting the The diameterof the hole 17 in rin 16 is preferably about the same as the outerdiameter or neck 13.,and is substantially less than that of head 1%, sothat when the ring is in place. as shown in Fig. 3, the plug is securelyattached to the chain. If desired, the ring can, of course, be opened toput it in place and it can be closed again when in place, but this isnot necessary.

f desired, an annular recess 18 may be provided in the body 10 about thebase of neck 13 in which the ring 16 may be re- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented July 12, 1921.

Serial No. 453,683.

ceived. This is not essential but imparts an improved appearance to thedevice.

The device of my invention has several features of great practicaladvantage. There is no opening through the plug, so that leakagethroughthe plug is impossible. The ring is secured direct to the moldedcomposition and no metallic member passing through the plug is requiredfor attaching the ring, and this results in a substantial saving. Thering is notpassed through any part of the plug or projection "hereon, sothat there is no possibility of a part or the plug being torn apart ordestroyed when subjected to a hard pull, as may happen when the ring ispassed through a part of the plug or projection thereon. The cost andtrouble oi? assembly is reduced to a minimum as all the assemblyinvolves is pushing the chain ring over the head of the knob. The plugcan be readily grasped by the knob and used without the chain, ifdesired.

It is to be understood that changes and modifications may be resorted towithin the scope or my claims without departing from the principle orspirit of the invention.

1 claim:

1. A drain plug of compressible molded rubber composition comprising abody por tion and a knob integral with the body 1301" tion and having arelatively enlarged head and relatively narrow neck, a ring throughwhich said head is adapted to be passed by compression of the head, saidring encircling said neck, and a chain attached to the plug by passingthe ring forcibly over the compressible head.

2. A drain plug of compressible molded rubber composition comprising abody portion and a knob integral with the body portion and having arelatively enlarged head and a relatively narrow neck, the body portionhaving an annular recess therein about said neck, a ring through whichsaid head is adapted to be passed by compression of the head, said ringencircling said neck and received in said annular recess, and a chainsecured to said ring whereby the chain is attached to the plug bypassing the ring forcibly over the compressible head.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have signed my name hereto.

NATHAN BECKER.

